National Highways warns of danger to roadworkers as incursions set to double
Senior figures from National Highways are urging drivers to respect those working on the road after new figures for the east of the country show that road incursions are set to double this year. In the first five months of 2023, 123 roadwork incursions have taken place. Last year the total figure across 12 months […]
Yunex Traffic deploys new emergency preemption solutions in the USA
Yunex Traffic, has partnered with and intelligent connected traffic technology solutions company LYT to deliver Next Generation emergency vehicle preemption solutions for the City of Seattle Department of Transportation and the University of Washington. As part of an approved grant for multimodal Integrated Corridor Mobility for All (MICMA) project, the companies will initially deploy LYT’s […]
Podcast delayed by production issues – will be published tomorrow
In a rare moment of technical difficultly, the Highways Voices podcast production has been delayed and this week’s edition will not be published on Wednesday morning. The programme, featuring driverless cars expert Nick Reed, will now be uploaded on Thursday. Don’t miss it, it’s a good one!
JCT Symposium to hear TTF update on signal identification standards
Delegates at the popular JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in September will hear updates on an important project aimed at getting more value from the UK’s network of traffic signal controllers. The Manager of the Transport Technology Forum, Darren Capes (pictured, right), will give a speech outlining work on the Digital Controller Interface Specification at the […]
Driverless technology expert publishes key “ethical roads” report
A leading expert in driverless technology has published research into how the public feels driverless vehicles should be programmed to make the right ethical decisions while driving on our roads. You can listen to Nick Reed discuss this in an exclusive interview on the Highways Voices podcast this Wednesday, 12 July,. Professor Nick Reed’s study […]
Saboteurs work out a way to stop driverless vehicles in San Francisco
A group of activists in San Francisco have begun stopping driverless cars from travelling around the city by putting traffic cones on the bonnets of cars. Pedestrian safety group Safe Street Rebel have posted a video of them stopping the vehicles in a simple way. They claim driverless taxis pose dangers and are pushing their […]
Johnson criticises “bone headed” ULEZ expansion
The man who introduced the original Ultra Low Emission Zone in central London has criticised the “sheer bone-headed cruelty” of the schemes expansion to the whole of London. Writing in the Daily Mail, the former London Mayor and Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the tax is “so unpopular, so odious — so transparently wrong and […]
People in Peterborough surveyed about highways and transport
A survey asking residents for their views on the city’s highways and transport services has been posted to people in Peterborough. A random sample of around 4,300 residents are receiving the National Highways and Transport public satisfaction survey asking for their views on highways and transport services, from the condition of roads and footpaths to […]
Musk predicts self-driving Teslas this year
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told a conference that he believes his company will upgrade its vehicles to fully self-driving in 2023. The London Evening Standard newspaper reports that he told the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai that Tesla was “closer to it than we ever have been”. “In terms of where Tesla is […]
Eurovia and partners win Innovation Festival Collaborative Award
Eurovia UK, Hertfordshire County Council and Highway Data Systems (HDS), supported by key Supply Chain partners, Clee Hill Plant Ltd, DE Plant, BSP-TEX and Pavemac, have won the Collaborative Innovation Award at this year’s LCRIG Innovation festival. The award recognises a collective innovative product, service or practice that has driven or can demonstrate a collaborative […]